YPG is the Kurdish acronym for “Yekîneyên Parastina Gel” whose translation means Popular Protection Units. If you are interested in knowing what the YPG is, keep reading because Que-quiere-decir.com will tell you everything you need about the meaning of YPG.
The YPG is the local defense force in the Kurdish area of Syria. It emerged after the Civil War broke out in Syria and began to spread to Syrian Kurdistan.
The men and women who make up the fighting force come from local communities and are mostly Kurds, but the YPG also fights alongside non-Kurdish soldiers from the area, including Syrian, Assyrian and Armenian Christians. And there are a small number of Americans and Europeans who have volunteered individually to join YPG in the fight against ISIS.
The YPG is a democratic socialist organization in which officers are elected by the troops and equality is guaranteed regardless of gender, religion or ethnicity.
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